Weather trend: Unsettled with high winds this weekend

A wet and windy weekend to come with weather warnings in force.

It's rinse and repeat this weekend as frontal bands of rain sweep eastwards across the UK and Ireland. The first, on Saturday will be arriving through the morning, heavy, before clearing eastwards to leave a brighter afternoon.

A windy day too, particularly for large swathes of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Irish Sea coasts and elevated areas of Northern England.

Sunday will see the exact same pattern follow suit as another band of rain tracks west to east Sunday, albeit arriving later in the day than the previous band.

Winds strengthening across Ireland later in the day Sunday too, reaching in excess of 50 mph along the west coast, potentially getting up to 70 mph around Belmullet.

Monday morning will continue to see blustery winds affect England and Wales, particularly western fringes, easing as the day wears on.

Another low will deliver further spells of rain later in the day and into Tuesday, clearing to more showery conditions in it wake.

Settling down from mid-week as high pressure establishes overhead, with little change into the weekend for now, with temperatures above average for the time of year.

High pressure staying in control will continue to deliver fine conditions to start the new working week.

However there are signs that later on in the week, a north-westerly air flow may return to bring colder conditions, accompanied with wintry showers, continuing into the third week of December.